1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others. 3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 7 * 8 * Contributors: 9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation 10 *******************************************************************************/ 11 package org.eclipse.jface.text.rules; 12 13 14 /** 15 * Defines the interface by which <code>WordRule</code> 16 * determines whether a given character is valid as part 17 * of a word in the current context. 18 */ 19 public interface IWordDetector { 20 21 /** 22 * Returns whether the specified character is 23 * valid as the first character in a word. 24 * 25 * @param c the character to be checked 26 * @return <code>true</code> is a valid first character in a word, <code>false</code> otherwise 27 */ 28 boolean isWordStart(char c); 29 30 /** 31 * Returns whether the specified character is 32 * valid as a subsequent character in a word. 33 * 34 * @param c the character to be checked 35 * @return <code>true</code> if the character is a valid word part, <code>false</code> otherwise 36 */ 37 boolean isWordPart(char c); 38 } 39